promise; agreement; appointment; engagement; convention; rule
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
same; identical; equal; anyway; in any case; if one must ...
glitter; glimmer; sparkle; twinkle; twinkling; glistening
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
spell (that restricts one's movements); binding spell
(distant) future; future existence; world beyond the grave; future (tense)
attachment; adhesion; insistence; tenacity; fixation; obsession
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
to lose; to miss (a chance, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
stage (of a theatre, concert hall, etc.); stage performance; stage production; setting (of a story); scene; sphere (of activity)
girl (usu. between 7 and 17); young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryō period)
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to be reborn; to be reincarnated; to turn over a new leaf; to become a new person; to be reorganized; to be transformed
two persons; two people; pair; couple
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
successful candidate; successful applicant; person who has passed an exam
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)